The planets were discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, by tracking the obscured light of the host star as the planet passes through the star's bright region.
This star has a radius of about 58% compared to our Sun, the mass occupies 65% of the sun, and has at least three
When analyzing data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers discovered 20 new planets could survive the conditions suitable for life, Fox News reported today.
It has been operating since 1990, but recently it can be said that Kepler has had its most important discovery in history.
The $ 600 million Kepler spacecraft launched in space in March 2009, designed for the hunt for Earth-like planets outside the solar system.
On August 15, the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) announced it was unable to repair the space ship Kepler and it would not be able to continue hunting for planets outside the solar
After monitoring and observing 100,000 different stars, NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered a new planet with a radius of about 1.6 times that of the Earth and is as round
Kepler, the space telescope helps NASA detect 2,245 extrasolar planets, which can only be operated for a few more months due to near-exhaust.